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@fulcrumliteracy.bsky.social

FULCRUM is committed to ending our nation’s most solvable problem: illiteracy. Join the movement. ALL children have the right to read.

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FULCRUM@fulcrumliteracy.bsky.social · last yr.

We will never solve the literacy crisis without investing in quality #TeacherPrep. Every year, thousands of new educators enter classrooms without the necessary training to teach #reading effectively. If we want different outcomes, we must start with how we prepare our teachers. #LiteracyMatters

The Reading League@thereadingleague.org · last yr.

Educator prep programs (EPPs) are under pressure to prove their alignment with the #ScienceofReading, but often lack support to get there. That’s where we come in. Our newly enhanced EPP Partnerships help strengthen coursework, collaboration & coherence. www.thereadingleague.org/educator-pre...

Newly Enhanced The Reading League's Educator Preparation Program Partnership provides expert, respectful, and sustainable support to help programs: co-create a shared literacy vision, collectively review and enhance course syllabi, and foster program-wide coherence and collaboration
FULCRUM@fulcrumliteracy.bsky.social · last yr.

"They're at 60%, we're at 20%—60 is not the standard, 100% should be the standard. I'm after excellence." How are low expectations impacting student achievement? What if we chose excellence instead of letting the highest performing group set the bar? More to come when ep. 2 drops 07/16 🎙️

FULCRUM@fulcrumliteracy.bsky.social · last yr.

"FULCRUM is a critical advocacy partner locally and nationally, catalyzing practice and policy improvements to strengthen literacy instruction and increase access to literacy interventions." @krfoundation.org, we cannot thank you enough for your continued support. krfoundation.org/year-in-revi...

Turning Points 2024 - Education

Learn how we designed support to expand opportunities for under-resourced communities and advance early literacy.

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Kenneth Rainin Foundation@krfoundation.org · last yr.

In 2024, we celebrated 15 years of formal grantmaking. Read our newly released Turning Points: Year in Review report to learn how we expanded our practices to be more responsive and deepen relationships with our Arts, Education and Health grantees.

FULCRUM@fulcrumliteracy.bsky.social · last yr.

"If a kid is two years behind, you’ve already taken tread off the tires. That’s two years emotionally, psychologically, mentally—that’s two years of feeling like, ‘What’s wrong with me?’ Two years of that. And a lot of kids just tap out." — FULCRUM's Kareem Weaver on the Dyslexia Duo

The Reading League@thereadingleague.org · 2y ago

Sold a Story dropped the first of three new episodes today! 🎧 Listen to Episode 11: The Outlier at features.apmreports.org/sold-a-story/.

Sold a Story: How Teaching Kids to Read Went So Wrong

There's an idea about how children learn to read that's held sway in schools for more than a generation — even though it was proven wrong by cognitive scientists decades ago. Teaching methods based on...

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Emily Hanford@ehanford.bsky.social · 2y ago

Third graders in Steubenville, Ohio, are among the best little readers in the nation. For nearly 20 years, the elementary schools in this economically depressed area have produced better readers than some of the wealthiest places in the country. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...